When bakers packed twelve plus two more to claim
One dozen, a sonneteer sets fourteen
Sweet lines arrayed in an eight plus six frame,
And the magic marvels and ever-green
Remains, whist the fledglings that would well hatch
Ah what gorgeous birds be! Fluttering to fly
In time, together in a single batch,
Or in varied formations that'd mind defy.
The eight in front propose a theme so rife,
Six to follow forming a counterpoint,
Resolving - ah, sonnet's true leitmotif,
A Volta, how poets prefer to point,
Out, and last two, twain wings of a couplet,
Summing up the song, what a pure nugget!
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Sonnets | 12.11.12 |
Topic: poem, sonnet
Typos: please read as: a lot of difficulties. This is indeed a beautiful sonnet!
Ah, gorgeous birds to be, ready to fly/In time together in one single batch....these two lines are the kernel of this wonderful sonnet sir. I am jealous of you sir because I find lot of difficulties in composing sonnets but you do it so easily and skillfully with all ingredients of a good sonnet intact!
Thank you so much to read this 2013 poem and commenting on it. You have a creative mind dear poem and once you start writing sonnets you'll find that they are quite easy. In fact all poems with a set structure are easier in comparison.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Intriguing meditation about sonnets in sonnet form...well done Aniruddha!
Thank you dear poet Dominic W and welcome to my poetry site.